i got my package!!
which was signed for by STAMP LI, a person from the postal office. live to mail, or mail to live?! l!OL
my plueys are finally in chinese soil! l!OL
it's snowing in BJ, and my 3 week old china winter boots just got broken. i asked mother dear to DHL me my plueys. 
i hope i get it sooner than soon. mum, who sent the package yesterday, told me to i'd be getting it either today or tomorrow. i know it's a bit late to be delivered today but im still crossing my fingers.
NOVEMBER 9, 2009. busy busy day.
my korean friend emily went to korea for a week. she came back the other day and brought me a present!! 
meet gom sun yi (girl bear) here!
it was also ica and dlsu batch mate frances' birthday yesterday. the pinoy group organized a surprise for herrrrr. 
she's 22 and sick. hope she gets well soon!
i immediately left the surprise because i had to meet this beijinger friend for lunch. we're helping each other, btw. im teaching him english (for his IELTS) and he's teaching me chinese! lurvs it. we met at around 12.30pm. god knows what time we're supposed to end the meeting, until emily called me for help! her dad sent her this HUGE package from the states! she couldnt carry it from one end to the other, so she asked if she can settle everything in my room (which is near the post office).
another korean friend, hannah (her best friend), came to help her carry all her winter clothes to her dorm. they took everything off the box and just borrowed 2 bags from me. it was already 6.30pm (they stayed for like 3-4 hours!) and i had to leave to get my VEGAN CAKEEEEEEEE.
her name is laura. she's a vegan food enthusiast. and thank god she is because i made her bake me a vegan cakeeeeee! well... she made muffins alongside...
had her first cake ruined. (in the picture are the ones left from the cake.)
and made a new oneeeeeee. UBE PANDANNNNNNNN! how i lurv it. l!OL
the cake was too big for my lock&lock so we had to cut it in half!
soooo happy for finally have filipino desset! now i need to end my shopping spree for winter clothes and grocery. i've had enough. l!OL
hello people outside chinuhhhhh. l!OL
it's still fall, but it already snowed NOVEMBER 1 in beijing. that was a sunday, and we were in this posh mall called "the village" the day before that...
i dont have much to say about it aside from the good food i had! lookie lookie, it's VEGETARIAN goose. the name is soooo weird as to have the word "goose" in it; when in fact it's purely vegetarian. i still LURV'D it anyway! L!OL
after going out with my classmates, i went out with my pinoy friends to the halloween party. oh a little info on my financial status, IM BROKE. my atm card was eaten up by the atm machine when i intended to withdraw money last week. so my friends and i just went to this club where entrance is free for those in halloween costumes. since it was packed, we couldnt get in for free anymore unless we payyyyy. there goes my 50rmb (x 7php)!
the highlight of the morning was when we were going home from the halloween party. as i told you, it SNOWED. i've seen snow before (not on tv, mind you), but i have never experienced being unprepared for snow AND rain AND wind. haiya. i had my winter jacket dry cleaned afterwards. sadness.
NOVEMBER 2. my classmates and i had dinner together in a korean restaurant (againnnn). okay, i've had enough of chinese and korean food. not that i actually eat in the korean restaurants we go to, but it doesnt matter. i want ITALIAN FOOD, or simply healthy food. i miss those days.
the boys wanted korean barbecue so korean barbecue it is! (i didnt eat at all because i ate so much during lunch).
here's a closer look at the barbrcue...
although it might interest you to actually try it, i highly encourage everyone to have a vegetarian diet! l!OL
after the korean dinner, i went to meet up with the jugglers. there were guests from britain and the states that night. it was a longgggg and tiring day, but i got happy as the britons thought i have an american accent and the american thought im korean! l!OL
so this girl i met, she's vegan as well! and guess what, SHE BAKESSSSSS. she has been to the philippines and was able to try some filipino food. that night, she brought cake! i swear im sooo happy i met her because aside from her cake being delicious, it's UBE PANDAN! im asking her to bake and cook for meeeeee. you know money is no object when it comes to vegan treats!
i have vegan/vegetarian friends in beijing alreadyyyyyy!
LATELY ive been collecting "imported" instant noodles for the heck of trying.
mie sedap is an indonesian instant noodles which means yummy noodles. mie means noodles, and sedap is delicious. sounds familiar?! a bit. sometimes our indonesian friends try to guess what the hell we, filipinos, are talking about everytime we speak to each other in filipino. some words like "antok", "bawang", "bait" and "bihon" are used with the same meaning in indonesia. cool huh?! l!OL
this korean instant noodles is called chaospageti (or chao spaghetti?!). anyway, im amused by the korean language. watch my videos in this entryyyyyyy!
LAST FRIDAY, we went to changcheng or the great wall.
we (me and PZ) talked about doing the ultimate thing of spinning in the great wall. so i did!
excuse me but i really regret not being able to do a lot of tricks using the flags. it's a shame that we can only do a few moves with such a nice toy. hayyy. i swear imma spin everywhere i go! keeping the poi revolution ALIVE!
LAST SATURDAY & SUNDAY, i went out with my asian friends (saturday) and filipino friends (sunday). me and my classmates went to HOTPOTTTTTT! i lurvet. afterwhich, the koreans took us to the korean village nearby... watch the video. soooo cute! L!OL
oh, and this is LAST (MONDAY) NIGHT. i met this super cool french guy doing contact juggling! he's soooooo friggin AWESOMEEEEE. (gwapo pa!)
i took a video of him, but he said it's for my eyes only! i lurvet. l!OL (ang gwapo talaga niya ha!)
sorry i had to blur his face because i dont know how sensitive he'll be with his pictures and at least a picture of his video being posted on the internet. i dont know his name anywayyyyyy. l!OL
P.S. i just realized how much i like my short(est) hair. AND how proud this fruit juice is! L!OL
i regret not going to that gig yesterday; even if it's a free spin, it is in the TEMPLE OF HEAVEN. i should have went i should have went i should have went. i should have done FIRE! oh my god. the next time opportunity comes, GRAB IT!
BLOG CLOG! lots of things happened lately... but i have sooooooo many things to take photos of that i havent uploaded the recent ones just yet. l!OL
anyway, as i have mentioned, ive been going to this place to poi spin. the group is not entirely focused on poi but on juggling. so there are 2 meet ups every monday and wednesday, but i only go on mondays. this is a picture i had last monday, where the group had a german guest (the one others are italian and french).
other juggling skills include diablo, contact juggling, staff (if you consider it juggling)... and some others i forgot. the group also practices playing with bikes and balancing board!
(this post is long over due, im so sorry but i just felt the urge to post it NOW. i was invited to spin poi in this event and i feel bad for turning it down. hayyy. how often do i get invited to spin for free in a tourist spot?!)
guess what david from korea is doing....
and so is leo from the czech republic....
pierre from france....
and fern from thailand.
can't guess anymore?!
they're all writing in my chinese moleskine notebookkkkkkkkkkk! and they're translating my name JENNA(UH) to their language! i lurvet. you know i really had to take a photo of them writting my name just because. l!OL
shameless plug: to anyone in beijing interested in poi spinning, do email me at sijennasy@yahoo.com. spreading the poi lurv in chinese shores!
check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKKjqzkGo3o
yesterday i went out with a thai friend to buy her thai food somewhere east. after which, she accompanied me to this mall where i met some "cool" beijing people. anyway, im met with them because we're jamming different juggling techniques together. like they have pure juggling, diablo, staff, contact juggling, unicycle and some other stuff. i went there for poi -as poi is considered juggling. you know, i thought it was hard to blend in at first because i only do poi... but then i felt really welcomed that i can just poi whenever im with them. basta im soooo happy! i was able to poi in the open area of the mall for quite a long time (consider 2 minutes?!) and i was able to do some tricks which i dont/cant do in my room. it's like a revival of a true love. ahhhh.
there was this girl who took a video of me (some took pictures, just saying)... and she asked where im from, etc. then she asked me to tell her something happy that happened to me today. i told her that im happy to be in the place, which was planned since monday. i totally regret saying that because im HAPPIEST TO POI. i really dont know how to explain the feeling -probably charlie brown can!
HOWDY! i just came back to beijing after a short vacation in manila! im so sorry but i really felt anti-social so i was kinda invisible the whole time i was there. anyway, i just came back because of the graduation!
(i dont wanna show grad pics in this blog. thank gawd my dad doesnt know how my camera works!)
i was kinda busy resting and doing some chores in manila. i also had to study whatever lessons we have in (my chinese) class. hence i didnt have the time to meet all of my friends, really. oh, and i also had a haircut from philippe. guess how short my hair is nowwwwwwwww.
(i totally forgot to bring my real camera... hmmm.)
it is THIS short. the shortest hair ive got in my entire life!
i had the haircut hours after graduation, so only my family saw how i look like with the new hair. i flew back to beijing the day after grad, which is october 11 (last sunday)!
P.S. i went to walmart immediately after i unpacked all my things in my beijing room. this, i saw and got tempted to buy.
the cutest! yet i do not regret not buying it! l!OL
im in manila for a few days... for graduation (tomorrow). idk if im happy to graduate already becauseeeeeee im never ready for anything. anyway, i have finally visited james in heritage park! i honestly feel sooo anti-social lately. i just know that i HAVE TO visit james before i go back to beijing. i have known about his death since day 1, but it never really sunk in. grabe, i still feel sad whenever im reminded that he's gone!
and i dont know if i will be completely happy tomorrow because he wont be graduating with us.
